Schools On I-Net Products, Features and Benefits
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Day in the life of an Academic Administrator
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Why does Schools-On-I-Net work? We take suggestions for product enhancement directly from our end users. Below is a list of our features and benefits for the entire school community.
SOIN Features in detail
Academics
Attendance Module
Teachers Attendance link Allows teachers to take daily or period attendance
Teachers can select all students as present and mark absent students with comments
Enter information only once, data gets populated in relevant Administrator, Parent and Student Accounts
Integrated with Report Cards: Attendance information automatically populates in the Report Card Module
Print monthly attendance reports
Administrator Attendance Review Shows all students absent today and students absent for the current marking period
Allows administrators to select students and parents for email communications
Allows administrators to click on student’s name to see demographic information to call parents
Allows administrators to see detail level absenteeism, comments entered by teachers/office staff
Set automatic e-notifications for excessive absenteeism
Locate students absent or tardy more than x number of days
Run daily absent/tardy lists for bussing
Attendance All Divisions Lets Office Staff take attendance for all teachers
Parent/Student Link Attendance information is instantaneous, so parents know, as soon as the information gets updated, when their children are absent for a period or for the day
Check attendance by the period, day or month
Lesson Plan Module
Teachers “Allows teachers to enter daily lesson plan objectives and assignments for selected class and week
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Teachers have the option to show objectives to parents
Assignments entered in the Lesson Plan are posted online and are automatically populated into the Grade Book
Teachers can submit their lesson plan to administrator for review
Administrator can view lesson plan immediately and send comments back to the teacher
Teachers can print their lesson plans for record keeping
Administrators Administrators review submitted lesson plans anytime, from any computer with an Internet connection
Administrators are automatically notified when a lesson plan has been submitted
Lesson plans become available to administrators as soon as teachers submit them
Review all daily objectives as well as any assigned homework, project reports, and tests or quizzes
Administrators can write review comments which become available immediately to teachers
Parents/Students Parents and students can view lesson plan objectives posted by teachers
Helps parents prepare child for future school work
Assignments Module
Teachers Allows teachers to enter assignments such as Homework, Unit Test Quiz etc
Teachers can setup their own assignment types or categories
Tests are automatically entered into personal calendars of teachers, students and parents
Enter assignments, assignment post dates and due dates
Set post dates so students and parents see assignments only when you want them to
Include attachments and assignment options
Duplicate assignments for the same or other classes
Recur assignments daily, weekly or monthly
Assignments are automatically populated into the lesson plan and grade book
Assign assignments by weekday or by subject
Administrators Administrators can review assignments by teacher or student
Search results by teacher display assignment details, assignment post date and due date
Search results by student show all assignments assigned by all teachers to the particular student
View assignment details, assignment status (whether the assignment was submitted on time) and grades posted
Monitor teacher usage of assignments module (see when it was last accessed by a teacher)
Administration decides on showing grades/comments to parents/students at the school level.
Parents/Students Consolidated view of all current and future posted assignments by all teachers for a student
Daily e-notifications keep informed of assignments
Tests are automatically entered into student/parent personal calendar
Assignments are shown to students and parents as soon as the teacher posts them
The My Assignments link shows current, past and future assignments posted for the current marking period
Students and parents can search for assignments based on Class, Due Date and Assignment Type
Students can submit assignments online
Parents can view the student welcome page and My Assignments link by clicking on their child’s name
Parents can monitor student progress and grade information (if administration chooses to show grades)
Grade Book Module
Teachers Class rosters are already set up
Grade assignments entered through the grade book and assignments which are automatically populated from the My Assignments and Lesson Plans page
Enter grades and comments by class or by student
Choose from preset comments database
Choose from a selection of Grade Stickers which will be shown to students and parents
Setup own grade book profile
Use Weighted Averages, Simple Averages or a combination of the two
Adjust Class Averages per test or per category
Overwrite calculated averages
Print blank forms to use during class
Administrator Administrators can review grade books by teacher or by class
Using search by teacher option, administrators select the teacher’s name and all classes associated with this teacher will show
Administrator can select the marking period to view grade book
Administrator can enter comments on the grade book which will be shown to teacher
Parents/Students Immediate availability of information when grades are entered for homework, quizzes, projects or tests
Parents and Students can view assignment grades based on the school parameter
The parameter can be set to Yes, show assignment grades to parents and students or No, do not show grades for assignments
Only school SOIN Administrators have the ability to set the parameters
Proxy Teacher Selectusers (a student or teacher) in the school who can enter assignments for another teacher.
Report Card Module
Teachers Report Card classes are already setup for teachers
Report card grades and attendance are automatically populated from Grade Book and Attendance modules
Teachers can modify and enter grades/comments by student or by class
Teachers can select comments from a preset Comments Database
Print grade sheets or individual report cards for your records
Administrators can review your work as soon as you save it, no need to submit paper grade sheets
Administrator Administrators set report card dates
Set the amount of time teachers have to enter grades and when the report cards are published to parents and students
Administrators can review and lock report card grades/comments
Review report card grades and comments by student or by class
Electronic proof of viewing from parents
Print out report cards only for school records
Appoint one or more Office Staff member to have access to report card information
Reports are summarized by grade, school, classes, etc
Parents/Students Receive an e-notification when report cards are available
Parents and students can View/print secured report card PDF online on the day it is published by the school
Communication Module
Announcements
Teachers Teachers can send announcements to their students and parents
Teachers can also send announcements to other staff members of the school
Announcements become available immediately to the recipients on their homepages
Announcements stats show who has the read the announcement and who has not
Administrators Administration can send Announcements to all users in the school
Announcements can be send to an individual using the Search by last name or option or to a group using he Advanced Search option
Groups are Staff types, parents and student based on grades
Parents/Students Parents and students can view announcements immediately after they have been posted
Messages
Teachers Send Messages to class students and parents
Send Messages to other staff members
Send Messages in plain text or HTML format with images, fonts and graphics
View Message statistics Check who has read your message and who has not
View and reply to messages received from other users
Administrators Administrators can send Messages to users of the divisions they are associated with
Messages become available to the recipients immediately on their homepage
Messages and can be sent in plain text or with HTML formatting using Fonts, Images and Hyperlinks
Users can reply to messages
Admins can view Messages stats which shows who has read the message and who has not
Parents/Students Students can send Messages to their class teachers and their parents Parents can send Messages to their children’s teachers and their children
Student Roster
Teachers Teachers can use this link to send an e-mail to the students and parents of the classes they teach
This link is also used to view student profiles
Student Roster link also allows creating groups for frequent e-mailing
Administrators Administrators can view student roster of all classes in the division the administrator is associated with
Just as teachers, administrator can select students and parents to send an e-mail to as well as create groups for frequent e-mailing
Staff Roster
Teachers Teachers can use the Staff Roster link to send an e-mail to the staff members of the division the teacher is associated with
Search for e-mail recipients by Staff Type or Last Name
Create groups for frequent e-mailing
Administrators Administrators can use the Staff Roster link to send an e-mail to the staff members of the division the administrator is associated with
Search for e-mail recipients by Staff Type or Last Name
Create groups for frequent e-mailing
Div Send E-mail
Administrator/Office Staff Send mass e-mails to different users groups within the school
Select all users within a group or individual recipients
Calendaring
Academic Calendar Displays divisional school events, meetings and holidays
Each division can have its own calendar
Designated school SOIN Administrators have the ability to enter such events into the academic calendar
The events can be color coated for easy viewing
My Calendar Each SOIN user has the My Calendar link
Enter personal events with reminders
See information that is pertinent to you Avoid scheduling conflicts
View scheduled tests, school events, meetings and activities at-a-glance
(automatically entered into each user’s personal calendar)
Color coded, easy to read
My Calendar events can be shown on the user welcome page days prior to the event
My Calendar can also show academic events
See tests posted by teachers
Easily printed
Photo Gallery
My Photo Gallery
Teachers Teachers can create personal photo albums
Insert unlimited amount of pictures
Add picture names and description
Personal photo albums can be shared with other staff members and class students/parents
Personal photo albums can be submitted to the SOIN administrator who can then post them on the School Photo Gallery
Administrators Administrators can created personal photo albums
Personal photo albums can be shared with other staff members
Insert unlimited amount of pictures
Add picture names and description
Personal photo albums can be submitted to the SOIN administrator who can then post them on the School Photo Gallery
Parents/Students Parents and students can view photo albums shared with them by their class teachers
School Photo Gallery
SOIN Administrator Create and post divisional photo albums
Archive photo albums
Review photo albums submitted by staff members and post them on the school photo gallery
Staff/Parents/Students View photo albums posted in the school photo gallery
View individual photos or slideshow
Newsletters
SOIN Administrator Setup newsletter types ie Staff Newsletter, Board Newsletter, Community Newsletter
Set which user types will have access to newsletters
Post newsletters online
Send E-notifications letting users know of new newsletters posted
Staff View staff and community newsletters
Parents/Students View newsletters posted for students and parents
Forms
SOIN Administrator Setup form types to be posted online ie Registration Form, Lunch Form
Post forms online
Staff/Parents/Students View forms posted online
Miscellaneous
Admin Notes
Administrators Record and share an anecdotal history of conversations had with students, parents and staff
Administrators can view each other’s comments
Allow teachers to enter comments; teachers see their own comments only, while administrators can see all comments made by teachers and other administrators
Parent/Teacher Conferences
Administrators Setup Conferences per division, or grade or individual classes
Assign global breaks and individual teacher availability
Remove specific subjects from conference participation
Review reports for signed up, unable to attend, and unscheduled
Parents Select student’s teacher for a conference
Choose from available time frames to meet with teachers and block a timeframe for the conference
See all children in a family.
Receive enotification reminders
See conference in My Calendar
